Friday, June 1, 2012

Joe Conason: Why Cory Booker Got Bain Capital So Wrong - Truthdig

Joe Conason: Why Cory Booker Got Bain Capital So Wrong - Truthdig:
by Joe Conason
"Cory Booker’s emotional televised plea to “stop attacking private equity” may have been the single greatest service he could perform for the Romney campaign. His immediate attempt to revise his remarks on behalf of President Obama, for whom he is supposed to act as a surrogate, only highlighted his earlier insistence that the harsh campaign criticism of Bain Capital, which he specifically defended, is “nauseating.”

But the Newark mayor’s feelings must be influenced by his own relationship with Wall Street, private equity and Bain. America’s financial titans have been very, very good to him."